Rug-treating machine.



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Patented Deo. 8, 1914.

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RUG TRBATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION PILBD JAN. 29, 1913.

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RUG-TREATING MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application flied Jaauaiy 29, 191s. serial No. 744.902.

To all whom t may concern.' i

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BoYaJnaN, a citizen of the United States of America, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jeisey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rug-Treating Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to the treatment of rugs and heavy pile fabrics and particularly to washing, stripping and lixing the colors thereof. In carrying out these processes the rugs or carpets have to be treated in various solutions and to get uniform results such treatment must he very thorough. The weight and heavy texture of the rugs, particularly oriental rugs, renders such handling and treatment quite dil'licult.

The object of my invention is to reduce these difiiculties and to produce a simple and etlicient machine for the purposes intended.

My invention accordingly embodies a liquid-containing tank in which there is movably supported a rug-carrying frame and a special feature of this frame resides in the employment of a number of independently removable rug supports which are held in proper spaced relation by resting loosely in open sockets at opposite ends of the frame. This construction causes the rug supports to be held absolutely in proper spaced relation and at `the same time permits such supports to be easily removed or to be replaced in any desired spaced relation. Also the .frame is preferably provided with means, such as upright confining flanges Substantially in line with thesockets, for limiting the end movement of the rug supports. To combine lightness with strength and rigidity I preferably use pipes as the rug supports.`

The actual treatment of the rugs is usually acomplished by agitating them in the solution or bath needed for the given process. Urdinarily the power` needed for suchagitation would vary with the number of rugs or other fabrics being treated. A special feature of my invention resides in the provision of compensating means whereby the load on the power mechanism will remain substantially constant irrespective of the number of rugs being handled. In a preferred construction this means takes the form of a rocking beam to one end of which the rug carrying frame `is `attached and to the other endof which is connected a counter-balance which may be adjusted to meet the weight of the frame and rugs supported thereby, there being suitable power mechanism connected to the beam for the purpose of vibrating the same.`

Various other features of the invention will appear as the specification proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a concrete and `preferred embodiment of my invention but I would have it understood that various changes and modilications may be made therein without departing `from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Figure l, is a side view of a machine embodyinginy invention, with the treating tank shown in section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking at the right hand end of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 `is a transverse seetional view onan enlarged scale taken substantially on the line 3, 3 of Fig. 1.

The numeral l0 designates the treating tank adapted `to contain the liquid necessary for the given process. rirranged for submergencc within the tank is the rugcarrying frame 11 which is provided at its opposite ends with the relatively spaced sockets or seats 12 to receive the ends of the rug supports. These sockets are, as shown, I neferably left open at the top so as to permit the ready removal and replacenient of the rug supports. The rugs, carpets or similar fabrics 111, are supported by being thrown over the supports 13 in any suitable way, for instance, in the manner indicated in Fig. No special care is needed in placingthe rug supports within the frame because they will naturally be brought into proper spaced relation by falling into the open sockets provided for them and when so seated they will be positively held at both ends against displacement. In the preferred construction the frame is made of angle iron so as to provide the upright confining flanges 15 and the inwardly extending lateral supporting ledges 1G at the base of` the confining flanges. The socketsv for the rug supports are preferably formed in spacing `ribs 17 of angle iron which are secured upon the sup porting ledges at opposite ends of the frames, as indicated in F ig. 1. These spae- `ing ribs are preferably spaced inwardly from the confining flanges `and the open sockets are disposed in a plane substantially below the upper edge of such flanges as is also indicated in Fig. 1. By thisv arrangenient the confining iianges form Yabutment faces on the inside of the frame which, Ybeing disposed in rear of the open sockets, serve to limit longitudinal movement of the rug supports in the sockets. Also the spacing of the ribs 17 inwardly from the end flanges 15 permits the rug supports to have a certain amount of end play without becoming displaced from the sockets and permits the use of rug supports which need not necessarily all be of exactly the same length. This also insures support in case the -rods or pipes become shortened by bending.

Motion is imparted to the rug-carrying frame in the present instance by giving it an up and down movement in the tank, guides 18 being here provided on the inner walls of the tank for directing such movements. rElie frame may be supported in various ways but it is preferably supported as shown by being suspended from one end of a rocking beam 19. This beam rocks uponv the pivotal center 2O and connection between the beam and the frame is here afforded by a suspension link 21, attached at its-lower end to a support 22 extending longitudinallyV of the frame and connected to opposite ends of the frame by means of hangers 23. Suitable power mechanismis employed for vibrating the rocking beam,

this mechanism being shown as a drivev shaft Q-i carrying a pinionl 25 in ,mesh with the gear 26 onv crank shaft 27, this latter shaft-having a crank 28 connected withthe beam by a connecting rod 29.

The number ofrugs being treated will vary at different times and if no other means were provided the load on the power mechanism would vary in accordance with the number or size of rugs being handled.

To prevent such a variance in load, I provide equalizing means for maintaining a substantially constant load on the Ypower mechanism irrespective of the number or size of rugs being treated.- This so calledY equalizing or compensating means here takes the form of anV adjustable counterbalance 30 suitably connected to the rocking beam at the end opposite the'end from which the rug frame is suspended. rlhe adjustment of the counter-balance-may be obtained by inserting or removing one or more weight elements 31 in the frame 32 of the counter-balance. Connection of the counter-balance to the beam is here .made by a flexible cable 33. liny operating the machine the weight of the counter-balance may be adjusted until it substantially balances the rug carryingframe and the load upon the power mechanism is therefore made practically the same at all times.

vWhile the construction of the rug supports may vary, I prefer to use ordinary Liedes/i pipes for this purpose since they possess the needed strength and rigidity and are at the same time relatively light in weight and provide asmootli surface for supporting the rugs without danger of injury.

Y What l claim is l. 1n a rug treating machine, the combination of a liquid-containing tank, a

substantially horizontally disposed Vopen frame mounted for movement within the tank and provided with inner abutment faces and with spaced open seats, open on top and disposed at opposite ends vof the frame in front of the abutment faces, independentlyY removable rug supports resting mounted for movement within the tank and y provided with upright confining flanges and with horizontal inwardly extending supportingrledges at the baseY ofthe confiningflanges, upstanding spacing ribs se-V- cured on the-,supporting ledges atV opposite ends of the frame at a distance inward from the .upright confining .flanges and provided each with recesses in the upper edge thereof forming spacedsocketsopen at the top and disposed below the upper edges vof the coniining flanges, independently removable rug-supporting pipes loosely resting at their opposite ends in the spaced sockets and limited in Vlongitudinal movement by the confining flanges aforesaid,vvliereby said i rug-supportingnpipes may be thrown into the open top sockets and lifted out ofthe same without taking the rugs off the pipes, and imeans for imparting: motionV tothe frame to thereby agitate the rugs supported on the pipes inthe liquid of the'tank.

3. ln a rug treating machine, the combination of a liquid-containing tank,a horizontal support extending longitudinally of the tank and 'mounted for reciprocation in the tank, an` open angle iron supporting frame, guides on the inner walls of the tank for guiding the frame for vertical reciprocating movement within the tank,A said frame havingvertical confining'flanges and lateral inwardly extending supporting ledges at the base of the confining flanges, hangers dependent from the opposite ends of the longitudinal support, connected to the opposite ends-of the. frame, upstanding angle iron spacers secured upon the. supiso porting ledges at opposite ends of the frame spaced inward from the confining flanges thereof, and provided with recesses in the upper edges thereof forming spaced open sockets lying below the upper edge of the confining flanges, rug-supporting pipes having their opposite ends resting loosely in the open sockets and confined as to 1ongitudinal movement by the flanges aforesaid, whereby the said rugconfining i supporting pipes may be dropped into the open top sockets and lifted out oi. the same without taking the rugs offl said pipes, and means for reciprocating the longitudinal support and parts carried thereby.

JOHN A. BOYAJEAN.

Witnesses:

Roer. S. ALLYN, E. BRADFORD.

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Washington, D. C. 

